• Iona - MNK4
• Fandillas - Elf FTR5/MAG5
• Lazathu - Henchman MAG1
• Elias
• Elgin Proudhill - Halfling THF1 AC 6/8 MV 12“ Doors 1-2 Listen 1-3 13, 12, 11, 16, 16, 13 hp 4 NG
• Randimir - CLR / MAG

• Treasure Map: Leads to a Dragon's Cave. In order to reach the location we must travel a long distance into the mountains to the north west. About 50 miles west of Great Hill and tucked away is a cave that leads to some winding tunnels. The map leads inside to a back chamber complex that is hidden. There is a sign that we must make against a wall of stone to access the location.

We are looking to hire some Mercenaries in Starling:

• 5 Light Horsemen - Studded Leather Armor and Shield, Crossbow, Military Pick, 1d4+3 hp - Randimir hires them, Iona contributed 200 gp.

We Travel WEST from Starling, around the Monastery of the Red Sun.

- Day 1 -

Map has us going along the way we have revealed. We are traveling over flat terrain. Made about 50 miles distance per day.

146 Miles TOTAL distance from Starling.

We can only see 3 miles, but with Hills we can see a bit farther. We are revealing hexes along the way. Horus the Hawk is guiding us.

We see Hills and Badlands as we go. Uninhabited. Plain, uninhabited. Scrub. No structures.

Hills on the west. Tower built on the hill. * We see a REGULAR Tower. Smaller than a full castle. More than 3-4 stories tall.

* Another structure in a Scrub Hex, North of the Tower.

Small walled castle with a keep. In Good Repair! Better condition than the tower.
Castle is flying a banner, but we cant tell what it is. 

First night camp. Iona keeps watch with a light horsemen. Evening passes…

- Day 2 -

Rough Terrain - 25 miles per day now Scrubland.

No encounters. 3 hexes south of Great Hill. Hills to the left, Hills descend into the forest to the right. No structures.

Fandilas is keeping watch in the evening. Must roll surprise for his hawk.

ROLL SURPRISE

Hawk is not Surprised but Fandilas IS surprised

Looks up and see amongst the shadows, wings of 4 great flying beasts descending upon the camp. Just outside Firelight. Flying movement goes 6” a segment. Dive bombing Fandilas. ALERT FROM THE SKIES

Group is alerted to beasts in the air.

Randimir only has to sleep for 2 hours RING OF SUSTENANCE!

Fandilas gets 1 mirror image.

Griffons divebomb our horses

Lazithu's horse - 17 damage 3 horses - 1 and 7, then 10 and 15

One horse dead, another dead, Lazithu's horse is dead.

Lazithu has a wand of fear to aim at the griffons. Iona shoots with a crossbow Elias shoots a poisoned bolt Randimir casts stinking cloud Fandilas casts Magic Missile

Iona misses Elgin hits for 4 damage

They have AC 3 Stinking Cloud goes off, poison saves (10) 2 Fail. Helpless…1 that succeeded is helpless only 1 round.

1d4+1 round duration for nauseated. Cloud lasts 4 rounds. Morale Check. The 3 griffons two lift off with the corpse, fly up and out of the cloud. Fly at 30“ a round.

All four flew away. Randimir heals one of the horses for 7 damage.

We travel further north through Scrublands

ROLL SURPRISE

herd of animals, docile up ahead, grazing in the grasses up ahead.

Large herd of sheep with shepherds. Iona rides up on them to ask the about news of the area. They are shepherds from Great Hill. No good grazing.

Asks news about dragons…a particular Red Dragon.

Lathan'Eel. He and his brood still reign over the mountains, no one has usurped them. Only 1 single attack. Over half destroyed in the flames. Fairly large dragon. Nobody has gone to Apefang Maw this year. A group of adventurers have gone in that direction. Their warriors and witch doctors are powerful and protect.

Village of tribesman. Protected by a log pallisade. Rebuilt after dragon attacks. Chief BELGIGO and NODO THE QUICK (chief witch doctor)

We are welcomed in and ask about horses for sale. They can sell us wild horses. Happily accept the payment and we get horses for all that lost horses. They are excited about the money we have.

50 miles distant from Great Hill.

Hire someone to lead us into the mountains? They will not go, they have great fear of it.

* Powerful wizard lives in the Tower that we passed.

We head out the next morning.

ROLL SURPRISE FOR HAWK

We travel to the west. Horus raises the alarm. Group of large creatures carrying themselves heavily. Are the Giants? Maybe Ogres. YES, they were Ogres moving north.

Humanoids do not cross our path. We reach the foot of the mountains. Weve passed through mostly hills. Did go down to a plain in the northwest. We pass through a marshland. Find a Pond in the Marshland. These mountains stretch north and south. We are in the complete Wilderness.

No structures or ruins through here.

4 full days through the mountains are DIFFICULT. We travel 5 miles per day. Takes us through a not difficult way. We will arrive tomorrow afternoon.

Lazithu is 75% loyalty.

We come to the entrance of the place, never seems to have been used. 10' wide at the entranceway.

Iona lights a torch Lazithu has a bullseye lantern

Cavern drops into stones, opens into a stony cavern. Minor decreases in steps. Natural staps, layers of slate piled up.

Map indicates that we go to the south. Air is dead quiet. I look in this chamber for signs of life. telltale signs of burrowing animals. No indication of a nest. Very dry cave. 25' tall ceiling, very spacious. Tight in the passageways. Lets go south. Air stays quiet, no animals. Only occasional regular beetles. Undisturbed for a very long time. No animals.

We arrive at the end of the cave. Large chamber around the bend. One of the walls in this chamber where we must use the hand signs.

Iona sneaks up ahead…nevermind, she cant surprise anything with a torch. Elgin sneaks up with his infravision.

Fandilas and Elgin sneak up and see only blackness. Stone staircase going up, cannot see anything Feel some steps leading upward.

Elgin falls back 60' behind the party to get Infravision. We take the steps upwards. We find ourselves next to a thin ledge

We are looking over an open space. Ledge is 30' high. Barely enough room to walk upright. Lantern shines down 30' and illuminates a great RED DRAGON 20% chance to be sleeping.

ROLL SURPRISE

We are not surprised. Dragon is large, BIGGER than the green dragon in the marble keep. We got a 6 INIT!

Indoor pursuit rules. Randimir has 9 movement.

Elgin attempts to hide. Dragon breaks out of the cave, sees Elgin hiding in a crevasse. Exhales smoke at him.

— LEFT EARLY —

No XP.